Needle
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
124 mm (L)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937000.2.2
Summary
Long metal needle (no eye) from a sewing kit possibly for threading ribbon, also including a small pair of scissors and metal hook with bone handle; contained within a rectangular, black leather-covered wood box lined with blue satin and blue velvet and with brass clasp (DUN/L/101).
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976)